And lo on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:26:45 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

> Phil Cook wrote:
>> And lo on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:59:55 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull>  
>> did spake, saying:
>>
>>> Why construct unsubstanciated rumour when we have verified truth to be  
>>> horrified at?
>>>
>>> The $1 million price tag includes something like 200 hours on-site  
>>> training from Micro$oft. As far as I know, we have never taken them up  
>>> on that...
>>  Well why don't you? Get the codes call up MS and say "About this  
>> training that's included with our purchase when can you come down?".  
>> What's HQ going to do bawl you out for NOT spending any money on  
>> training; heck if it's not invoiced will they ever know?
>
> Heh. Well, if training is the issue, then I think the problem is really  
> that the guys with their fingers on the master controls don't really  
> know what they're doing. Our people over here really don't have access  
> to very much. It's more the people at HQ who seem to need educating on  
> how to work the software (not to mention how to do accounting...)

Well yeah, but you get in the MS trainers and they constantly saying "So  
you do this" and you answer "We can't" then you've not just got your  
'whiny' accountant making a fuss you've got the people who actually wrote  
the software saying there's a problem.

> Apparently each year you have to get external auditors to come in and  
> check the books.

Sorry that statement is so funny to me for so many reasons I can't explain.

> Well one year, the people HQ hired eventually walked out and refused to  
> complete the audit because the books were too much of a mess.

Say you're not the EU Commision are you, oh  no wait it's just 13 years  
that their accounts haven't been signed off on.

> And these are the people saying my wages. Should I be concerned?
>
> (Bennie seems to think that the wages they're paying me are a "ripoff"  
> anyway, and that I should leave before the company goes under. Hmm.)

tum te tum.

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